Colonisation By

Japanese

JAPANESE, about 30 years ago, estab lished a settlement at Davao, in the Southern Philippines, to produce hemp.

To-day there are more than 12,000 Japan ese there, and they have turned a wilder ness into the most important hemp produc ing centre in the world.

The Japanese pioneers in Davao are closely organised, amply supported, and ably directed. In the selection of immi grants, the transportation of them to the colony and their placement on the land, the collective welfare of the group is guarded by close co-operation between the private interests concerned and the Japanese Gov ernment.

Mr. J. T. Davis was appointed in November as liquidator of Day Dawn (New Guinea) Limited, which was recently wound up.